Hi.  I'm new here and gained all of my knowledge thus far from reading the threads on this forum.  Thanks to everyone.  Moved some rooted cuttings into cups and wanted to share the progress.

Most of the cuttings were rooted in moist Sphagnum Moss in Glad "Family Size" containers.

Out of 14 Unknown White cuttings taken from a friends plant on 10/3, 6 looked like they had decent root growth and were good to go.  

Took 20 cuttings from my own fig plant, an Unknown Dark fig, on 10/8.  3 had some nice root growth and were good to go.

Ordered a dozen Brown Turkey and started rooting on 10/9.  2 developed some nice roots so far and were planted.

Rooted 1 cutting each of Hardy Chicago, New Brunswick and Desert King in moist paper towels in gallon sized Ziplocs.  All 3 had nice root development and were transferred into cups.

The cuttings were cupped on 10/25 & 10/28.  Using Starbucks 30 oz. cups right now.  Mixture is 2 parts Perlite and 1 part Vermiculite.  Placed the cuttings in the cups,  poured the Perlite/Vermiculite mixture in a little at a time and "watered them in".  Tagged 'em and placed the cups in plastic bins.  Ambient temp around 72 degrees.  

Having an issue with gnats around a few plants already rooted and the ones in the container.  Read the threads on controlling gnats.  Going to put out half a jar of beer  and order some BTI.  If anyone has any other ideas that have worked, please share.

I'll update as time goes on.  Thanks again, everyone.  Enjoy the pics!

      

Strong work!

Good job, and welcome. This forum is a great contribution to those wanting to learn about growing figs.

I noticed in your first picture that the sphagnum looks very wet, that could give you problems in the future. Vermiculite can really hold a lot of water too, be sure to keep an eye on your starts in the upcoming month and be careful not to over water. I also use vermiculite in my starter mix, but the ratio of vermiculite is small and in the beginning I water very seldom with a spray bottle.

Thanks for sharing your pictures. Good luck!

Calvin,

You're right, the moss was too wet.  After planting, I removed the remaining moss and squeezed out the water.  I couldn't believe how much water that moss holds.   I put the moss back with the left over cuttings and sprayed with a water bottle.

Good luck from a fellow new yorker!

Great Job!

I was going to comment on the wet moss too, but I see you already took care of that. I usually keep my moss a little on the wet side, by most peoples standards.. lol.

I would however, let the roots develop a little bit more before cupping them. Do you keep them in the dark while rooting? That will help deter budding while they are rooting.

This link has an example of some of my recent rootings..
http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/year-old-cuttings-rooted-6558157

James,

Hi.  I don't keep them in the dark.  Didn't know the cuttings could root in the dark.  Is it better to discourage budding?  Should I be using a rooting hormone?  The rootings in that link are wonderful.  Can't believe the cuttings were a year old! 

It's always better to have a good root system before it buds out.  The roots have to support the leaves.

I keep mine in the dark while rooting, under a bathroom sink. Roots don't like light.  And in the light, they may start budding too soon.  Some may start budding even in the dark. It's okay for a few days, but if the leaves start becoming substantial and it has enough roots to cup, then go ahead and cup them and get them in the light. The leaves will green up once in the light.

Otherwise, I wait till there's tons of roots before I cup them.  Some of those in my other post has so many roots, I could barely fit it in the cup.. lol..

I used Dip-N-Grow on mine after scoring the cuttings.

James,

Thanks for the info.  I'll try the next batch in the dark as some of these cuttings had leaves coming out of the moss.  

If they have leaves you definitely want them in the light.  The leaves provide energy for the plant.  Light will also help keep the stems compact.  You can't necessarily keep leaves from forming.  I start mine in the dark but if leaves come up the top gets exposed to light from a 23 W CFL a few inches away.  The whole rest of the cutting stays moist.  I use Jon's bag method, here.  It's good to read his principles of rooting, here.

Welcome to the forum and best of luck!